List of collaborative software
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{{original research|date=August 2016}}
This list is divided into proprietary or free software, and open source software, with several comparison tables of different product and vendor characteristics. It also includes a section of project collaboration software, which is a standard feature in collaboration platforms.
General
Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
=General Information=
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Name
! Creator ! Latest stable release ! Stable ! First public ! Database backend ! License ! Software ! SaaS |
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{{rh}} | Adobe LiveCycle
| Adobe | 9 | {{dts|2010}} | | Filesystem | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
{{rh}} | Alfresco
| {{Alfresco (software) version}} | {{Alfresco (software) version|releasedate}} | {{dts|2005}} | MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server{{Cite web |title=Alfresco Docs - Configure databases |url=https://docs.alfresco.com/content-services/7.0/config/databases/ |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=docs.alfresco.com}} | LGPL | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Altova MetaTeam
| {{dts|2013}} | {{dts|2012}} | {{dts|2010}} | Cloud | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Assembla
| Assembla | Continuous Delivery | {{dts|2013}} | {{dts|2006}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Collaborate
| HighQ | 4.4 | {{dts|2018}} | {{dts|2001}} | | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Collabora Online
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q6368|P548=Q2804309}} | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30585118|P348|P400=Q6368|P548=Q2804309|P577}} | {{dts|2016}} | n/a as integrates with storage providers | MPLv2 | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | ConceptDraw Office
| CS Odessa | 4.4 | 2018-04-17 | {{dts|2008}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Confluence
| {{Confluence (software) version}} | {{Confluence (software) version|releasedate}} | {{dts|2004}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Drupal
| Drupal | {{Drupal version}} | {{Drupal version|releasedate}} | 2001 | MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Percona Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite{{cite web|url= http://drupal.org/requirements |title=System requirements |website= Drupal.org |date=29 April 2022 |access-date= 2022-05-09}} | GPL 2, 3 | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | EGroupware
| EGroupware | 16.1 | 2021 | {{dts|2003}} | MariaDB, MySql, PostgreSQL | GPLv2 | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Easy Redmine
|Easy Software |13.3.0 |October 2023 |2007 |MySQL database (Percona) |Proprietary Software based on Redmine |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |
{{rh}} | EMC Documentum eRoom
| EMC | 7.4.4 | 2012 | 2003 | Filesystem | Proprietary | {{yes}} | {{No}} |
{{rh}} | Google Drive
| | | | Cloud | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | HumHub
|HumHub GmbH & Co. KG |{{wikidata|property|reference|Q21154021|P348}} |{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q21154021|P348|P577}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q21154021|P348|P577}}}} |2014 |MariaDB, MySQL{{Cite web |title=System Requirements |website=HumHub Documentation |url=https://docs.humhub.org/docs/admin/requirements |access-date=2022-05-09}} |AGPL | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | IBM Connections Suite
| IBM | {{IBM Connections version}} | {{IBM Connections version|releasedate}} | {{dts|2007|June|27}} | IBM Db2 | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | IBM Domino
| IBM | 8.5.2 | 2010-08-24 | {{dts|1996|December}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | IBM Notes
| IBM | | | | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | IBM Sametime
| IBM | | | | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | ICEFLO
| v 3.15.0 | | 2009 | IBM SoftLayer | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | IceWarp Mail Server
| IceWarp | 12.1.1 | 2018-10-30 | {{dts|1998}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | InLoox
| 2021-03-29 | {{dts|1999}} | Microsoft SQL Server{{Cite web |title=System Requirements - InLoox |url=https://www.inloox.com/support/knowledge-base/system-requirements/#id90917 |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.inloox.com}} | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Jive
| {{Jive (software) version}} | {{Jive (software) version|releasedate}} | {{dts|2006}} | Oracle, MS SQL, Db2, mySQL, Postgres | | |
{{rh}} | Kolab
| The Kolab-Project and Kolab Systems AG | 3.3 | 2014-08-20 | {{dts|2003|July|17}} | IMAP(File/mail)-based | various Free Software licenses | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh2}} | Kune
| 1.0.0 | 2015-03-18 | {{dts|2003|July|17}} | | AGPL | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | LibreOffice Online
| 6.13 | 2018 | {{dts|2017}} | | MPL 2.0 | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
{{rh}} | LogicalDOC
| Community Edition 8.7.3 | 2022-02-08 | {{dts|2006}} | | LGPL | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft Exchange Server
| 2016 | 2011-08-04 | {{dts|2007}} | Exchange DB | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft Live Meeting
| 2007 | 2007 | {{dts|1997}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft Lync Server
| 2010 | 2010 | {{dts|2000|November}} | SQL Server or SQL EE | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft Office
| 2016 | 2016 | {{dts|1990}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft Project Server
| 2010 | 2010-06-15 | {{dts|2000}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft SharePoint Foundation
| {{SharePoint version}} | {{SharePoint version|releasedate}} | 2001 | SQL Server or SQL EE | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft SharePoint Server
| {{SharePoint version}} | {{SharePoint version|releasedate}} | {{dts|2001}} | SQL Server or SQL EE | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft SharePoint Workspace
| {{SharePoint version}} | {{SharePoint version|releasedate}} | {{dts|2007}} | | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft Team Foundation Server
| 2015 | 2015 | {{dts|1994}} | SQL Server or SQL EE | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
{{rh}} | Microsoft Windows Live
| 2011 | 2010-09 | {{dts|2005|November|01}} | Cloud | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Nefsis
| Nefsis | 3.72 | 2011-01-07 | {{dts|1998}} | Cloud | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Nextcloud
| {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|Q25874683|P348}} | {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q25874683|P348|P577}}; {{Time ago|{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|Q25874683|P348|P577}}}} | 2016 | MariaDB, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite{{Cite web |title=System requirements — Nextcloud latest Administration Manual latest documentation |url=https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/installation/system_requirements.html#server |access-date=2022-08-31 |website=docs.nextcloud.com}} | AGPLv3+ | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Notion
| Notion Labs Inc. | | | {{dts|2016}} | | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Oracle WebCenter
| Oracle | 11g | 2009-07 | | | | |
{{rh}} | Redmine
| | | |2006 |Multpiple |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |
{{rh}} | SAP NetWeaver Portal
| SAP | | | {{dts|2004}} | | | |
{{rh}} | Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
| Tiki Software Community Association | {{Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware version}} | {{Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware version|releasedate}} | October 2002 | MariaDB, MySQL{{Cite web |last=Community |first=Tiki |title=Requirements - Documentation for Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware |url=https://doc.tiki.org/Requirements |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware :: Documentation |language=en}} | LGPL | {{Yes}} | {{No}} |
{{rh}} | TrackerSuite.Net
| 3.6 | 2010-11 | {{dts|2006}} | SQL Server | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Traction TeamPage
| {{Traction TeamPage version}} | {{Traction TeamPage version|releasedate}} | {{dts|1999|December|1}} | NoSQL Journal, MySQL | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Wrike
| Wrike | 2013 | 2007 | 2006 | PostgreSQL | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | WPS Office
| Kingsoft | 2019 | 2019-05-06 | 1988 | SQL Server or SQL EE | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | XWiki
| XWiki | {{XWiki version}} | {{XWiki version|releasedate}} | May 22, 2007 | HSQLDB, MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle{{Cite web |title=Database Support Strategy - XWiki |url=https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/SupportStrategy/DatabaseSupportStrategy |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=dev.xwiki.org}} | LGPL | {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Xaitporter
| Xait | 2014 | 2002 | 2001 | Oracle | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
{{rh}} | Zoho Projects
| Zoho | 5.0 | 2015-01-20 | August 26, 2006 | MySQL | {{No}} | {{Yes}} |
Name
! Creator ! Latest stable release ! Stable ! First public ! Database backend ! License ! Software ! SaaS |
=Comparison of unified communications features=
{{main|unified communications}}
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! Faxing |
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{{rh}}| IBM Sametime
| {{no}}, integrated with Lotus Domino | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| IBM Lotus Domino
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} with integrated Sametime | {{yes}} with integrated Sametime | {{yes}} with integrated Sametime | {{yes}} with integrated Sametime | {{no}} | {{yes}} with integrated Sametime | {{yes}} with integrated Sametime | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| IceWarp Mail Server
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Exchange Server
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Lync Server
| {{no}}, integrated with Exchange Server | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft SharePoint
| {{no}}, integrated with Exchange Server | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| Nextcloud
| {{yes}} | {{yes}}, email to VOIP | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} collaborative editing with integrated video conferencing | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Name
! Faxing |
=Comparison of collaborative software features=
{{main|collaborative software}}
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Name
! Wikis ! XML Forms management and workflow ! Blogs ! Surveys ! Charting ! Bookmarking, Tagging, Rating and Comments |
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{{rh}}| Easy Redmine
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| EGroupware
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, web, webdav |
{{rh}}| Google Workspace
| {{yes}}, Sites | {{yes}}, Sites | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{no}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| IBM Connections
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| IBM Lotus Domino
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| IceWarp Mail Server
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| InLoox
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, limited | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, MS Office Interface |
{{rh}}| Jive Software
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, MS Office Interface |
{{rh}}| Kune
| {{yes}} | {{partial | In development}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|yes, wave-based}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes| yes (gadget)}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial | In development}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{partial | Real-time collaborative documents}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Exchange Server
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Office
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, desktop |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Project Server
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Sharepoint
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, web |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Team Foundation Server
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| Nextcloud
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, limited | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, limited | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, limited | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, limited | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}|Smartsheet
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, MS Office Interface |
{{rh}}| Traction TeamPage
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, plug-in | {{yes}}, basic | {{no}} | {{yes}}, usage charts, API | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, plug-in | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, web, webdav |
{{rh}}| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, simple | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} (newsletter) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} (basic) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}, web |
{{rh}}| Wrike
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, web |
{{rh}}| Xaitporter
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, limited | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, webdav |
{{rh}}| Trello
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}, limited | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}|XWiki Enterprise
|{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}} |{{yes}}, extension |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}}, extension |{{yes}}, and extension for rating |{{yes}} |{{yes}}, (Lucene/SolR) |{{yes}}, web |
{{rh}}|Zoho Projects
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}}, limited |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}} |{{yes}}, limited |{{yes}} |{{no}} |{{yes}}, web |
Name
! Wikis ! XML Forms management and workflow ! Blogs ! Surveys ! Charting ! Bookmarking, Tagging, Rating and Comments |
=Comparison of targets=
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! Public ! Intranet ! Extranet |
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{{rh}}| IBM Connections
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| IBM Lotus Domino
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| IBM Lotus QuickPlace
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Exchange Server
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Office Live Communications Server
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Sharepoint
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| Microsoft Team Foundation Server
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}}| Nextcloud
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
Name
! Public ! Intranet ! Extranet |
Open source software
The following are open source applications for collaboration:
= Standard [[client–server]] software =
- Access Grid, for audio and video-based collaboration
- Axigen
- Citadel/UX, with support for native groupware clients (Kontact, Novell Evolution, Microsoft Outlook) and web interface
- Cyn.in
- EGroupware, with support for native groupware clients (Kontact, Novell Evolution, Microsoft Outlook) and web interface
- Group-Office groupware and CRM
- Kolab, various native PIM clients
- Kopano
- OpenGroupware.org
- phpGroupWare
- Scalix
- SOGo, integrated email, calendaring with Apple iCal, Mozilla Thunderbird and native Outlook compatibility
- Teambox, Basecamp-style project management software with focus on GTD task management and conversations. (Only V3 and prior are open-source.)
- Zarafa
- Zentyal, with support for native groupware clients (Kontact, Novell Evolution) natively for Microsoft Outlook and web interface
- Zimbra
- Zulip
= Groupware: Web-based software =
- Axigen
- Bricolage, content management system
- BigBlueButton, Web meetings
- Collabora Online, Enterprise-ready edition of LibreOffice enabling real-time collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics
- DotNetNuke, also called DNN: module-based, evolved from ASP 1.0 demo applications
- EGroupware, a free open source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises
- EtherPad, collaborative drafting with chat
- Feng Office Community Edition
- FusionForge, has wiki, forums, mailing lists, FTP, SSH, subdomains, hosting, email alias, backups, CVS/SVN, task management
- Group-Office, Web-based groupware for sharing calendars, files, e-mail, CRM, Projects, Mobile Synchronization and much more.
- Horde
- HumHub a free and open-source enterprise social network solution
- IceWarp Server
- Jumper 2.0, collaborative search engine and knowledge management platform
- Kolab Groupware, integrated Roundcube web frontend
- Kune, collaborative federated social network, based on Apache Wave
- Loomio, for making decisions together (AGPL).
- MediaWiki, which provides core content management and integrates with many other tools via extensions
- Nextcloud, file hosting service, functionally similar to Dropbox, Office 365 or Google Drive when used with its integrated office suite solutions Collabora Online or OnlyOffice
- OnlyOffice Community Server, available for Microsoft and Linux
- OpenBroadcaster LPFM IPTV broadcast automation tools
- Overleaf for creating LaTeX documents
- phpGroupWare
- Simple Groupware
- SOGo, integrated email, calendaring with Apple iCal, Mozilla Thunderbird and native Outlook compatibility
- Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware, has wiki, forums, calendar, ticket system, workflow engine
- Tine 2.0
- Tonido, free collaborative software with workspace synchronizing, Web access from personal desktop; cross-platform
- Zarafa, full MAPI MS Exchange replacement for Linux, GPL+proprietary
- Kopano, full MAPI MS Exchange replacement for Linux, GPL+proprietary
- Zentyal
- Zimbra
= Other =
- Alfresco, enterprise content management system: document management, workflow, and portal
- Drupal Framework, open source content management framework: document management, web pages, attachments, forums, photos, social profiles, collaboration tools
- Liferay Enterprise Portal, open source enterprise portal: document management, wiki, social tools, workflow
- LogicalDOC, document management system: document management, workflow
- Nuxeo EP, enterprise content management system: document management, workflow
- OpenKM, open source document management system: document management
Project collaboration software
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=Web-based software=
- 5day.io, is a modern work management tool
- Ceiton, workflow-based project management with Gantt chart, scheduling calendar and time-tracking
- Central Desktop, has project management, wiki, file upload, review and approve, calendar, document management
- Clarizen, online on-demand, collaborative project execution software
- dotProject
- Easy Redmine, open-source project management software
- Easy Projects
- EGroupware, is free open source groupware software intended for businesses from small to enterprises
- Feng Office Community Edition
- Fle3
- Gitea
- GitLab
- Group-Office, Web-based groupware for sharing calendars, files, e-mail, CRM, Projects, Mobile Synchronization and much more.
- Horde
- InLoox, web-based project management and collaboration software with Outlook integration
- LiquidPlanner, web-based project management and collaboration software
- Mindquarry, has document synchronizing, wiki, task management
- PBworks is a commercial real-time collaborative editing (RTCE) system
- phpGroupWare, has a project collaboration module
- Plone, content management
- project.net
- Projectplace, full suite of collaborative project tools
- Redmine, for software projects includes issue tracking, wiki, basic file and document management with hooks to major version control systems: SVN, Git, etc.
- Simple Groupware
- TeamLab, has forums, blogs, bookmarks, wiki, task management, instant messaging, mobile version, CRM, online document editors
- TogetherJS by Mozilla, an open-source javascript library that can transform any web application into a real-time collaborative editor.
- Trac, has wiki, document management, ticket system and version control system
- Traction TeamPage integrated action tracking, wiki, live status, notification, and streams organized by person, task, project, and shared permissioned space.
- web2project, a dotproject fork with active current development and some innovations: subprojects, etc.
- WiserEarth, social network and database that include an open-source Groupware (closed)
- Wrike, interactive web-based project management software and tools for remote collaboration
- Zoho Projects, a web-based project management software with collaboration features{{Cite web|title = Collaboration Software Web : Zoho Projects|url = https://www.zoho.com/projects/collaboration-software.html|website = www.zoho.com|access-date = 2015-12-09}} such as Interactive Feeds, Chat, Calendar, Forum, Wiki Pages and shared Document management
= Other =
- Croquet project, collaborative virtual environment
- Open Wonderland, open source Java toolkit to make collaborative 3D virtual worlds
- Wiki engines: see List of wiki software
- Realtime editors: see Collaborative real-time editor
- Revision control for software engineering projects: see Comparison of revision control software
- Collaborative development environment
- Tools for collaborative writing such as O'Reilly Media's wiki-like git-managed authoring platform Atlas{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2014/04/indie-publishing-tools-for-small-press-and-author-co-ops/ |title=6 Great Self-Publishing Tools for Small Press and Author Co-Ops |last1=King |first1=Carla|date=1 April 2014 |website=PBS.org |access-date=10 May 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://github.com/oreillymedia/Getting-Started-with-Atlas |title=Getting Started with Atlas |website=GitHub |access-date=10 May 2015}}
=Comparison=
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Name
! Mail transfer agent ! Mail storage type ! IMAP server ! IMAP shared ! Calendar format ! Calendar shared ! IM server ! WebDAV ! Web UI ! Contacts shared ! Files shared ! Web admin UI ! Antivirus ! Spam filter ! Notes |
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{{rh}}| Axigen
| {{yes|SMTP proprietary RFC compliant}} | {{yes| proprietary indexed storage}} | {{yes| proprietary RFC compliant}} | {{yes}} | {{yes| iCal}} | {{yes| available from Microsoft Outlook & Webmail}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, Sieve, others}} | Mobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync, Ajax GUI, multiplatform, Microsoft Outlook connector with online/offline modes |
{{rh}}| Bynari
| {{yes| SMTP Postfix}} | {{yes| IMAP}} | {{yes| Cyrus IMAP}} | {{yes}} | {{yes| iCal}} | {{yes| iCal}} | {{yes| Jabber}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin and Sieve}} |Mobile synchronizing using full compliant ActiveSync, Ajax webapp, Microsoft Outlook connector |
{{rh}}| Citadel/UX
| Custom | {{yes|Custom}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|GroupDAV and WebCal support}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|various methods}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV on SpamAssassin}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, or pre-processed with Postfix or qpsmtpd}} | Hot backups need retained recent database logs |
{{rh}}| EGroupware
| SMTP | IMAP server dependent | {{yes}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} on Linux- any external | {{yes|Sieve filters}} | Ajax GUI, Mobile responsive template, integrates with: mobile devices (Z-Push), any IMAP client |
{{rh}}| Feng Office Community Edition
| Database or File system | Any IMAP server | {{no}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Any external (e.g., ClamAV)}} | {{depends|Mail server dependent (e.g., SpamAssassin)}} | Ajax GUI; runs on any operating system with Apache, PHP and MySQL, e.g., Windows, Linux, macOS); commercial support via Feng Office |
{{rh}}| Group-Office
| IMAP server dependent | {{yes|Custom}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{yes|Web interface}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, DSPAM}} |Synchronizes with: Microsoft Outlook, iPhone, Android, Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, other SyncML or ActiveSync clients |
{{rh}}| Horde
| {{no}} | Cyrus, others | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|DB, ICAL export}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes|rule-based filtering}} |
{{rh}}| Jumper 2.0
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|Custom}} | {{no}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Shares any content, media, or data}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Enterprise bookmarking engine, uses peer and social networking principles to tag and link distributed data resources for universal search regardless of vendor, format, or location |
{{rh}}| Kolab
| Postfix | {{yes|IMAP (Kolab-XML format) and LDAP}} | {{yes|Cyrus and (experimental) Dovecot}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|iCal and Kolab-XML format}} | {{yes|IMAP, iCal- and HTML-Export}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|Roundcube}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV, others}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, others}} | Runs on almost all Unix/Linux; integrated Roundcube webfrontend, and ActiveSync (via Syncroton), and serves most common PIM-clients such as Kontact, Microsoft Outlook (with connector plug-in) and others. |
{{rh}}| OpenGroupware
| Postfix | Mail Dir | {{yes|Cyrus}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|Export to iCal}} | {{depends|XMPP, if purchased}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{depends|If purchased}} | | | |
{{rh}}| Open- Xchange | Postfix{{cite web |url=https://www.open-xchange.com/legal/licenses-for-ox-as-a-service/ |title=Licenses for OX as a Service |author= |website=Open-Xchange |access-date=2018-03-04 }} | IMAP server dependent{{cite web |url=https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Architecture_Overview |title=Open-Xchange Architecture Overview |last=Will |first=Karsten |date=2015-01-20 |website=Oxpedia |publisher=Open-Xchange |access-date=2018-03-04 |quote=Email storage … The default implementation uses IMAP}} | Cyrus, Courier, Dovecot{{cite web |url=https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:OX_System_Requirements#Installation-.2C_Hardware-.2C_Software-Requirements |title=OX App Suite Requirements - Open-Xchange supported components overview |author= |date=2017-10-06 |website=Oxpedia |publisher=Open-Xchange |access-date=2018-03-04 |quote=Supported IMAP Server: Dovecot (Recommended), Cyrus and Courier (To some extent, may mot support all features)}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|iCal}}{{cite web |url=https://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Hosting_FAQ_for_Users |title=Open-Xchange FAQ for Users |author= |date=2014-09-22 |website=Oxpedia |publisher=Open-Xchange |access-date=2018-03-04}} | {{yes|LDAP, CalDAV, Google, Export to iCal}}{{cite web |url=http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=AppSuite:Architecture_Overview |title=Open-Xchange Architecture Overview |last=Will |first=Karsten |date=2015-01-20 |website=Oxpedia |publisher=Open-Xchange |access-date=2018-03-05 }} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{depends|If purchased}} | {{yes|ClamAV, others}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, others}} | Ajax GUI, Microsoft Outlook integration, tasks module |
{{rh}}| PhpGroupWare
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{yes|ICAL}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |Quite similar to eGroupWare |
{{rh}}| Simple Groupware
| SMTP | IMAP server dependent, Database | {{yes|Cyrus, Courier IMAP, UW IMAP, others}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|SQL, iCal and XML format}} | {{yes|Database, ICAL import/export}} | {{yes|Built-in chat module}} | {{no|Planned for 0.3}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV, others}} | {{depends|Mail server dependent}} | Synchronizes with: Outlook, Symbian, Pocket PC, mail notifications, document preview |
{{rh}}| Tine 2.0
| Postfix or any other SMTP Server | SQL | DBMail or other IMAP-server | {{depends|if IMAP server support}} | {{yes|SQL}} | {{yes|not yet CalDAV or iCal}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |Uses external IMAP server; synchronizes with: Symbian, Palm OS, Pocket PC, other ActiveSync clients |
{{rh}}| Tonido Workspace
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes|Synchronizing, Web-based access}} | {{yes|Built-in chat module}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Free, for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux; built-in web server allows P2P synchronizing similar to Microsoft Groove and usual guest workspace access via Ajax-based WebUI |
{{rh}}| Twproject
| relies on existing SMTP | synchronizes with clients | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Synchronizes with: Outlook, Google calendars, mail; full project management module |
{{rh}}| Wrike
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes| iCal}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Mobile synchronizing using full compliant Dropbox & Google docs, rich Ajax web access, Microsoft Outlook & iMail connector |
{{rh}}| Zarafa
| Postfix, Exim, Qmail, Sendmail, others | MySQL, optional attachments on filesystem | {{yes}} | {{yes|Public Folder available}} | {{yes|Outlook, WebApp, Webaccess, iCal, Z-Merge}} | {{yes|Outlook, WebApp, Webaccess, Z-Merge}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV, others}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, others}} | HTML5 WebApp (with Videoconferencing functionality and (large) file sharing), Ajax WebAccess, online and offline Outlook compatibility, fully ActiveSync compatible using Z-Push (Symbian, Pocket PC, iPhone (firmware 2.X), Nokia (mail4Exchange)), integrates with AD and LDAP, own serverside integration framework Z-Merge |
{{rh}}| Kopano
| Postfix, Exim, Qmail, Sendmail, others | MySQL, optional attachments on filesystem | {{yes}} | {{yes|Public Folder available}} | {{yes|Outlook, WebApp, iCal, Z-Merge}} | {{yes|Outlook, WebApp, Z-Merge}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV, others}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, others}} | HTML5 WebApp (with Videoconferencing functionality and (large) file sharing), Ajax WebAccess, online and offline Outlook compatibility, fully ActiveSync compatible using Z-Push (Symbian, Pocket PC, iPhone (firmware 2.X), Nokia (mail4Exchange)), integrates with AD and LDAP, own serverside integration framework Z-Merge |
{{rh}}| Zentyal
| Postfix | IMAP server dependent | {{yes|Dovecot}} | {{no}} | {{yes|Outlook, Webaccess, iCal}} | {{yes|Outlook, Webaccess}} | {{unk}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{unk}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin}} | Ajax Web UI, online and offline Outlook native compatibility, fully ActiveSync compatible using SOGo integrates with Samba AD server |
{{rh}}| Zimbra
| {{yes|Mail Dir w/ index db}} | {{yes|Custom}} | {{no}} | {{yes|iCal}} | {{yes|ICAL}} | {{no|(Removed in v8)}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes|ClamAV}} | {{yes|SpamAssassin, DSPAM}} | |
Name
! Mail transfer agent ! Mail storage type ! IMAP server ! IMAP shared ! Calendar format ! Calendar shared ! IM server ! WebDAV ! Web UI ! Contacts shared ! Files shared ! Web admin UI ! Antivirus ! Spam filter ! Notes |